Poor Celica Options

[BlackCelicaGT94]

So today is the hottest day of the year (so far) about 95 degrees and I was going to go drive about 20 miles to get on the ferry boat and see my boyfriend. Well I was sitting in stop and go traffic with the windows open and getting my tan on in traffic about 10 miles into my drive when I notice that my temp gauge is almost to the red area so I turn off the AC and drive a little bit more but it was so close that I just didnt wanna risk seeing if that would help so I pull over on the freeway in a tunnel and call my dad. he said he will be there asap with water but with traffic itd probably be 40 mins so Im sitting there waiting and dying in my car cuz i have the doors and window closed so I can talk to my boyfriend when it got so hot that I had to tell him id call him later cuz I had to open a window. I was thinking 'how can anyone leave a child in a car on a hot day' i was literally sweating buckets. so i open the door and get some fresh air when a WSDOT (washington state dept. of transportation) vehicle shows up and saves me with some water. Theres no exits for another 3 or so miles so I just get off and hit up a starbucks for 1.5 hours and let traffic die and go home.

Sigh my poor celica is slowly dying. I feel so bad for it. We check water and oil every few days because theres leaks and what not so it needs to be checked so it just sucks that it overheated :-( or just about got to the point of overheating.

anyways just thought id share my story about my celica driving experience today.

[Razgriz]

95 degree heat? it could always be worse. nowadays in phoenix it's nice if it hits 95 in the middle of the night.
i guess considering it's peaking around 113 (unfortunately it's gonna get hotter) here and i put 50 miles on the car a day, im lucky it still runs at normal operating temperature.

and turning on the heater does help somewhat, (when your overheating) your heating unit will pull the already hot air out of the engine bay and push it into your cabin (windows down makes it bareable)

make sure your belt isn't loose or being allowed to slip.

and besides if you still have all of your original equipment from when the car was new, it may be time for a 'cooling system overhaul'

New

-Radiator
-Water Pump
-Belts
-Hoses
-Caps

(also depending on the climate and how you drive your car you might need to change your glycol/water mix ratio)